: About Me

My passion is ...

My children, friends, reading, writing, and LEARNING!!!

I know too much about ...

How to get whatever you need for nothing or next to nothing!

My parents always told me ...

You will have children that will drive you as crazy as you have driven me!

My childhood ambition ...

Got to school and make something of myself.

My favorite memory ...

I have so many great memories that I couldn't chose just one.

Why I write ...

It puts me at peace with myself.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I am reading a couple of books on fun things to do with kids while you are camping.

My first job ...

I cleaned rooms in Yellowstone National Park.

My best moment ...

When each of my children were born.

My inspiration ...

My four beautiful children!

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Heroes

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Ten years have passed now since that night's events unfolded, yet they are burned in my mind like they happened yesterday. It was a normal Thursday evening; I had just finished getting my daughter, Asia, ready to go. She was dressed in a beautiful white ruffled dress with little pink flowers scattered down the front. Sam was finishing buckling his belt as I put the finishing touches on my hair and makeup. Sam started the old car to warm it up; it was freezing outside. After about ten minutes we rushed from the warmth of the house into the frigid, night air. Goosebumps popped up all over my...

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